{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s2552","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2552.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f2552.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter\u2014\n(a) The terms \u201carms control\u201d and \u201cdisarmament\u201d mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds under international agreement including the necessary steps taken under such an agreement to establish an effective system of international control, or to create and strengthen international organizations for the maintenance of peace.\n(b) The term \u201cGovernment agency\u201d means any executive department, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of Government.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s2552.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2552","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2552."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2552/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" The terms \u201carms control\u201d and \u201cdisarmament\u201d mean the identification, verification, inspection, limitation, control, reduction, or elimination, of armed forces and armaments of all kinds under international agreement including the necessary steps taken under such an agreement to establish an effective system of international control, or to create and strengthen international organizations for the maintenance of peace.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2552/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cGovernment agency\u201d means any executive department, commission, agency, independent establishment, corporation wholly or partly owned by the United States which is an instrumentality of the United States, or any board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration, or other establishment in the executive branch of Government.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}